From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [23.128.96.18]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 64F72C43219 for ; Sat, 19 Nov 2022 01:43:59 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S233142AbiKSBn6 (ORCPT ); Fri, 18 Nov 2022 20:43:58 -0500 Received: from lindbergh.monkeyblade.net ([23.128.96.19]:43360 "EHLO lindbergh.monkeyblade.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S232326AbiKSBm7 (ORCPT ); Fri, 18 Nov 2022 20:42:59 -0500 Received: from 66-220-144-178.mail-mxout.facebook.com (66-220-144-178.mail-mxout.facebook.com [66.220.144.178]) by lindbergh.monkeyblade.net (Postfix) with ESMTPS id EA2BFBAE89 for ; Fri, 18 Nov 2022 16:52:34 -0800 (PST) Received: by dev0134.prn3.facebook.com (Postfix, from userid 425415) id 550E119380CC; Fri, 18 Nov 2022 16:52:18 -0800 (PST) From: Stefan Roesch To: kernel-team@fb.com, linux-block@vger.kernel.org, linux-mm@kvack.org Cc: shr@devkernel.io, axboe@kernel.dk, clm@meta.com, akpm@linux-foundation.org Subject: [RFC PATCH v4 03/20] mm: document /sys/class/bdi//strict_limit knob Date: Fri, 18 Nov 2022 16:51:58 -0800 Message-Id: <20221119005215.3052436-4-shr@devkernel.io> X-Mailer: git-send-email 2.30.2 In-Reply-To: <20221119005215.3052436-1-shr@devkernel.io> References: <20221119005215.3052436-1-shr@devkernel.io> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-block@vger.kernel.org This documents the new /sys/class/bdi//strict_limit knob. Signed-off-by: Stefan Roesch --- Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-class-bdi | 11 +++++++++++ 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+) diff --git a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-class-bdi b/Documentation/AB= I/testing/sysfs-class-bdi index 6d2a2fc189dd..68b5d4018c2f 100644 --- a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-class-bdi +++ b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-class-bdi @@ -55,6 +55,17 @@ Description: mount that is prone to get stuck, or a FUSE mount which cannot be trusted to play fair. =20 + (read-write) +What: /sys/class/bdi//strict_limit +Date: October 2022 +Contact: Stefan Roesch +Description: + Forces per-BDI checks for the share of given device in the write-back + cache even before the global background dirty limit is reached. This + is useful in situations where the global limit is much higher than + affordable for given relatively slow (or untrusted) device. Turning + strictlimit on has no visible effect if max_ratio is equal to 100%. + (read-write) What: /sys/class/bdi//stable_pages_required Date: January 2008 --=20 2.30.2